Bengals receiver Marvin Jones is heading to North Carolina on Tuesday to get his right ankle examined by a foot specialist, a source told ESPN.com on Tuesday.

The source said Jones wants to re-evaluate the injury and to weigh options concerning what the team should do with him with respect to his injury-list status.

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Jones has since only practiced once during the Week 4 bye and one other time prior to the Week 5 game against New England, during which the Bengals said he "tweaked" an ankle.

The source said the belief is that Jones broke his other foot trying to overcompensate for the injury to his right ankle. The source also said doctors didn't know what any of the problems with the ankle were until just after the "tweak" when he saw a specialist. Now Jones is off for one final diagnosis before the Bengals figure out what to do with him.

Updates from Monday, Oct. 13

Geoff Hobson of Bengals.com reports surgery is still an option for Marvin Jones:

There is also the unknown about when wide receivers A.J. Green (toe) and Marvin Jones (ankle) are going to return. As in, there is no time frame for either of them and there is some talk that they may think about surgery for Jones.

Updates from Saturday, Oct. 11

Paul Dehner Jr. of the Cincinnati Enquirer has an update on Jones' status for Sunday:

Paul Dehner Jr. @pauldehnerjr

Marvin Jones (ankle) has officially been moved to OUT on the Bengals injury report. No surprise there.

Jones was a fifth-round pick in the 2012 draft but took a big step in his second season as a pro last year, proving to be a fully capable No. 2 wide receiver opposite superstar A.J. Green. Playing in all 16 games, Jones had 51 receptions for 712 yards and an impressive 10 touchdowns.

Since Cincinnati is installing a new offense under play-caller Hue Jackson, it would be ideal for Jones to be on the field as much as possible. Now that he will at least miss the rest of the preseason, the onus is on his draft classmate Mohamed Sanu to step up.

NFL Network's Albert Breer alluded to that in his take on Jones' ailment:

Jackson likes what he's seen from Sanu so far.

"I can't talk about Marvin because he's not here," said Jackson, per ESPN.com's Coley Harvey. "I know what Mo Sanu's doing and he's playing his tail off. The sky's the limit for him."

But the Bengals also have two capable pass-catching tight ends in Jermaine Gresham and Tyler Eifert, the latter of whom Football Outsiders' Cian Fahey believes could be in line for a larger role:

Whatever adjustments need to be made, much of the burden of expectations will fall on quarterback Andy Dalton. Entering his fourth year, the former TCU star has led the Bengals to the postseason in each of his three years under center yet has performed woefully in the playoffs, accruing a 0-3 record with just one TD to six interceptions.

That didn't stop the Bengals from inking Dalton to a lucrative, six-year contract extension worth a reported $115 million this offseason. Now, it's on him to carry Cincinnati from a playoff also-ran to legitimate Super Bowl contender.

What helps absorb the blow of Jones' loss is that Jackson likes to emphasize the running game. With the likes of explosive rookie Jeremy Hill and the versatile Giovani Bernard in the backfield, the Bengals should have enough weapons to get by without Jones for the time being.